STARRY  METROPOLIS

imo 7359498

Registered Owner: Income China International - Operator: Hopewin Shipmanagement - Hong Kong

Entered service: 1976 -  Refits: 1980 / 1989 / 2011 - Gross tonnage: 15.791 - Pass. cap. lower beds: 506 - All berths: 550 - Passenger decks: 7 - Length: 156,26 m.-  Beam: 22,05 m. - Main propulsion : 2 -18 cyl.four stroke single acting Pielstick-Wärtsilä diesel engines type: 18PC2-2V power 6625 kW. each - 2 Controllable pitch propellers - Max. speed: 18 knots - Service speed: 15 knots - Built: Wartsila-Finland - Yard no.1223 - Flag: Kiribati - Classification: Russian Maritime Register of Shipping.

Former names: Kareliya (1982) - Leonid Brezhnew (1989) - Kareliya (1998) - Olvia (2004) - CT.Neptune (2006) - Neptune 2011

Sisterships: Belorussiya class - Belorussiya last name Delphin (still in operation)- Azerbaihzan last name Enchanted Capri (sold for scrap dec.2011)- Kazakhstan last name Sea Escape (sold for scrap oct.2011 as Adventure) - Gruziya last name Salamis Filoxenia (still in operation)

Original built for Black Sea Shipping as car-ferry rebuilt to cruise/passengership 1980 - used at the moment as casino ship

"Olvia"



Starry Metropolis

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